WOMEN SETTLERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19730, 1 September 1927, Page 5

WOMEN SETTLERS.

A LANCASHIRE SCHEME. A schejne was recently inaugurated by the Lancashire County Council in their farm school at Hutton, near Preston, for the training of well-educated girls and young women for life in ona of the Dominions. The course embraces training in dairy and poultry work as well as training in household duties. Residence is provided in the hostel, and the course extends over 12 months. The fees are £96 for residents outside Lancashire,- and £4B tor residents in the Lancashire area. It is hoped that grants will be made by the Overseas Settlement Department to suitable candidates to meet these charges, for the scheme is one to be heartily commended from personal knowledge of the site and the conditions under which the scheme is worked. The Bishop of London also points out that the Church of England Council of Empire Settlement has for some time been planning, in conjunction with the Y.M.C.A, and other societies, the formation of a school such as Miss Bondfield speaks of, whereby lads, young women, and young married families should get some instruction in ths essentials to make their path overseas, the easier fcr them. "We cannot do this," the bishop adds, "without more financial support than we arlfe now getting. Financial support, which the Lord Mayor strongly recommended, should be given by all who have this matter at heart."